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enChicago-Kent offers winter 2018 session of The American Legal System in Popular Culture, a course for visitors to the United Stateshttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/american-legal-system-in-popular-culture-winter-2018
The American Legal System in Popular Culture is a six-credit course offered to students seeking an introduction to the American legal system and how it is portrayed in modern media. The course is targeted at au pairs and others visiting the United States who are interested in a broad understanding of the nation's legal system and its role in shaping American culture. The winter 2018 course will meet December 7 to 9.Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:41:30 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law18156 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduDistinguished Professor Sheldon Nahmod honored with 2018 Abner J. Mikva Award from American Constitution Society Chicago Lawyer Chapterhttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/acs-abner-j-mikva-award-2018-sheldon-nahmod
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Nahmod received a 2018 Abner J. Mikva Award from the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society at a luncheon July 24 at the Union League Club in Chicago. The award, renamed in 2016 in honor of the late Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, recognizes attorneys who have advanced the American Constitution Society’s progressive mission. Distinguished Professor Sheldon Nahmod (left) accepts a 2018 Abner J. Mikva Award, presented by Geoffrey Stone, co-chair of the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors. Photo: Andrew Collings | Chicago Lawyer...Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:44:40 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law18081 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduDistinguished Professor Lori Andrews wins American Association of Law Libraries’ Article of the Year Awardhttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/aall-2018-spectrum-article-of-year-award-lori-andrews
Distinguished Professor Lori Andrews won the 2018 AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award from the American Association of Law Libraries for her article iSpy: Threats to Individual and Institutional Privacy in the Digital World . She accepted the award July 17 at the association’s national meeting in Baltimore. Professor Lori Andrews received the 2018 AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award at the American Association of Law Libraries' annual meeting. Photo courtesy of the American Association of Law Libraries. The award honors outstanding achievement in writing an article, published in the AALL Spectrum during the previous year, that contributes...Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:02:35 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law18076 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduDean Harold J. Krent receives Chicago Bar Foundation&#039;s Schrager Awardhttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/schrager-award-2018-harold-krent
Harold J. Krent , dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law, is the recipient of the 2018 Leonard Jay Schrager Award for Excellence, conferred July 12 by the Chicago Bar Foundation. The award recognizes attorneys in academia who have made significant contributions to improving access to justice for the less fortunate. Dean Harold Krent accepted the 2018 Leonard Jay Schrager Award for Excellence on July 12 at the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation's Pro Bono &amp; Public Service Awards Luncheon. | Photo: Bill Richert for the Chicago Bar Foundation Dean Krent was recognized for his leadership role in a...Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:01:09 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law18011 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduChicago-Kent Welcomes New Library Directorhttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/chicago-kent-welcomes-new-library-director
Chicago-Kent Law Library Director Jean Wenger Jean M. Wenger has been appointed Director of the Law Library and Senior Lecturer at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2018. Ms. Wenger earned her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, her master’s degree in library and information science from Dominican University, and her bachelor of arts degree in public administration and economics from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She is a member of the State Bar of Illinois. Ms. Wenger is a well-known leader in the law library community, where she served as president of...Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:36:09 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law18006 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduBlock(Legal)Tech: Examining Blockchain Law in depth on August 9, 2018https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/block-legal-tech-examining-blockchain-law-in-depth
Block(Legal)Tech, a one-day conference on the legal aspects of blockchain technology, sponsored by Chicago-Kent College of Law, Jenner &amp; Block LLP and FinTEx, will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2018, at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 West Adams Street in Chicago. This first-of-its-kind event will feature presentations and panel discussions from top experts on the law of distributed ledger systems, tokenized assets and cryptoasset-based funding. Moving past the typical canned pitches, the conference will include a number of talks, interviews and debates delving deep into the complicated issues that affect the crypto-landscape, such as the future of U.S. regulation...Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:52:48 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law17991 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduIn Memoriam: Professor Margaret Stewarthttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/in-memoriam-professor-margaret-stewart
The Chicago-Kent community mourns the death of Professor Emeritus Margaret Stewart , an astute legal scholar who taught civil procedure, federal courts and constitutional law to generations of future lawyers during her 35 years on Chicago-Kent’s faculty. Professor Emeritus Margaret Stewart “All of us at Chicago-Kent will remember Margaret as an inspiring teacher, a perceptive scholar, a caring mentor and an institutional force for reason,” said Chicago-Kent Dean Harold Krent . Professor Stewart joined Chicago-Kent’s faculty in 1977, after serving for three years as an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. A graduate of Kalamazoo...Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:41:15 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law17981 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduAlanna Elinoff &#039;18 and Stefanie Ferrari &#039;18 receive the 2018 Gary Laser Professionalism Awardhttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/laser-professionalism-award-2018-elinoff-ferrari
Alanna Elinoff and Stefanie Ferrari, both May 2018 graduates of Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, have been selected to receive the 2018 Gary Laser Professionalism Award. Alanna Elinoff '18 was selected to receive the 2018 Gary Laser Professionalism Award. Created in 2017, the endowed prize recognizes students working in the Law Offices of Chicago-Kent who have best exemplified promise as practitioners as well as the highest standard of ethics. The award is named in honor of Professor Gary Laser , who founded Chicago-Kent's in-house clinical education program , the nation's first fee-generating teaching law firm, in 1976. Winners...Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:21:10 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law17976 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduVolume 13 issue of the Seventh Circuit Review is now onlinehttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/seventh-circuit-review-13
Volume 13 of the Seventh Circuit Review is available at www.kentlaw.iit.edu/7cr . Articles in this volume analyze recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dealing with constitutional law, civil procedure, civil rights, class action litigation, and employment law. Each article is available for download in PDF format and has an accompanying audio synopsis recorded by the student author. All articles are written and edited by students in the Seventh Circuit Review Honors Seminar. Articles in Volume 13 include: Erica A. Burgos , Selling the Footlong Short: How Consumers Inch Toward Satisfaction in Costly Food Class...Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:59:08 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law17971 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.eduJulian Cagadas &#039;19 wins Corporate Legal Operations Consortium scholarshiphttps://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/news/2018/corporate-legal-operations-consortium-scholarship-2018-julian-cagadas
Julian Cagadas, a third-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, has been selected to receive a 2018‒19 scholarship from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. The scholarship is awarded to graduate students who have a business/metrics-driven focus related to the practice of law or who have demonstrated an interest in legal operations. Julian Cagadas '19 has been selected to receive a 2018‒19 scholarship from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. A native of Chicago, Cagadas earned his undergraduate degree in accounting at Northern Illinois University. He participated in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program during college and was commissioned...Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:26:19 -0500Chicago-Kent College of Law17966 at https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu